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Dark Alley Dan
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Oh, Miss Ronnie - so damned hot.
Looks like Cdn303 has it - it's an LCA, so 30+ guys in one boat. Not much cover to be had there.
Looks like Cdn303 has it - it's an LCA, so 30+ guys in one boat. Not much cover to be had there.
@ Dan
That first site you refered to just has a bad picture of an LCA. Here is one taken after Dieppe showing the doors and ramp.
The doors on the LC in Dan's movie had "Barn door" style doors...another thing I've noticed is the lack of a mounted MG on the LC. What the he11 were the guys to do if the beach landing was covered by a German MG position, shoot back with their bolt actions!? It would have been murder...not a hope.
Yes, and you notice how that Bren's buttstock has both a thing that goes up plus a thing that goes down? Man, no wonder the converted auto versions were prohibited -- even in semi-auto only configuration, that thing could kill you just by looking at you!!!!
There was a little bit of cover for the guys in the outer rows.
Royal Navy Beach Commandos aboard a Landing Craft Assault of the 529th Flotilla, Royal Navy, during a training exercise off the coast of England, 9 May 1944. Arless, Richard Graham, 1919-, Photographer
Here is a better viewing of the doors and the little itzy bitzy bit of cover. This comes from a computer game, however, it best shows the features. My guess is the a bren or such could be fired from the slits near the doors
Royal Navy Beach Commandos aboard a Landing Craft Assault of the 529th Flotilla, Royal Navy, during a training exercise off the coast of England, 9 May 1944. Arless, Richard Graham, 1919-, Photographer
Here is a better viewing of the doors and the little itzy bitzy bit of cover. This comes from a computer game, however, it best shows the features. My guess is the a bren or such could be fired from the slits near the doors
My old school chum's Dad was on something like that on D-Day. As he was getting off, he was hit, fell in the water. He was pulled out by a fellow soldier, and was hit twice more before they got him back into the craft. After all the training in England, he never got on land across the channel. I guess you might say he was one of the luckier ones.
Ronnie The Bren Gun Girl
Ronnie the original bad girl...signage to the right... "Department of Defence... NO SMOKING WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE MUNITIONS LINE!"
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Ronnie the original bad girl...signage to the right... "Department of Defence... NO SMOKING WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE MUNITIONS LINE!"
Interesting fact. She wasn't even a smoker!
She was asked to smoke for the pictures...
A while back MILSURPs featured a lot of info about Miss Veronica Foster, incl a couple of very touching posts from her son, one of 7 of her children, who posted under the name of "Son of Ronnie" as I recall. It was a very nice tribute to a woman who went on to do a lot more in life after helping to make BREN guns at Inglis.
Dark Alley Dan
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Nice shot of the LCA. Cdn303's got it right.
This one was apparently one of 184 lost on D-Day:
This is neat - I always fancied myself something of an enthusiast about this stuff, but this is a bunch of material I had no idea about. The internet is pretty damn cool.
And to contribute further, Miss Ronnie's progeny in serious hands:
http://4.bp.########.com/-tZ2VsaIEuEg/T-JKvO0Nt_I/AAAAAAAAGpM/4VqgVqsVn-4/s1600/Anti-aircraft_BrenGun.jpg
"You just keep handing me mags, Rajinder. I about got the lead figured..."
This one was apparently one of 184 lost on D-Day:
This is neat - I always fancied myself something of an enthusiast about this stuff, but this is a bunch of material I had no idea about. The internet is pretty damn cool.
And to contribute further, Miss Ronnie's progeny in serious hands:
http://4.bp.########.com/-tZ2VsaIEuEg/T-JKvO0Nt_I/AAAAAAAAGpM/4VqgVqsVn-4/s1600/Anti-aircraft_BrenGun.jpg
"You just keep handing me mags, Rajinder. I about got the lead figured..."
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That Sikh Bren Gunner fighting for the British, reminds me of this Sikh MG Gunner fighting for ze Germans!
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Heia Safari!! http://youtu.be/hMzPOUy8wdM
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He seems to have mistaken the rear strut of the ring mount for the pistol grip! Notice that the MG is actually mounted on a swivel track which is attached just in front of the action. Why the bipod is deployed is a mystery; it serves no purpose at all and would just interfere with the traverse of the MG.
They tried the Indian Army Corps in France in 1915. In some regiments (including Sikh ones) there were three or four hundred self-inflicted wounds per battalion, so the British gave up on that and sent them back to the Middle East!
The Sikh's were fierce fighting regiments for the British Empire from everything I've been told and read. A noble race IMHO, and documented as excellent fighters under fire. I don't believe our friend above has mistaken anything. They're not in action, rather posing for a picture (why else would his brother in arms be kneeling completely exposed). A well trained Sikh knows the Sergent Major would shove a boot up his ass if he were to get anywhere near the trigger for the sake of a picture. My .02
